The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-07-19

the other hand, make their exclusion
under all systems of representation ever
tried in national economies matter
inevitable Admitting that as human
beings they are born free and equal
with other men, yet between Eastern
aud Western civilization there is a great
gulf fixed, over which adequate conces
sions from either side to produce SYM
netrical political organization would
De impossible to secure. The instances
IF social assimilation of the Aaatics
into Western institutions here are both
only partial in themselves and so rare
IS to be but exceptions proving the
rule. Social must preccde political
amalgamation, and there is no manifest
tendency Of any account as yet on the
part of Chinese residents Of this King.
dom to DRIFT into the ways of Occi-
dental society excepting so far as com
mercial requirements and the laws Of
the land dictste Still, we do not think
that the matter is one that can be sum.
msrily disposed of by an executive
stroke The Chinese are here and
from every appearance mean to stay,
and the Japanese are here under cir
:umstances ensuring their dwelling
long in the land il they so choose.
There is no getting over the fact that
the country would be bad off indeed,
in the matter Of industrial develop.
ment, # it were not for the introduce
ton Of Asiatic cheap labor 1t is not
our purpose here to discuss what are
generally held to be the evils Of Asiatic
settlement, the sequel of the importa.
ton Of that element as labor In such
a discussion it would be necessary to
admit certain offsets to the bill Of com.
plant, such as the development Of
natural resources which none but Asia
tics would have undertaken, and they
have accomplished by turning many
large tracts Of waste lands into fruitful
fields on their own account Chinese
development here, apart from what we
Westerners regard as their want OF
progress in social evolution, has been
great. Chinatown is the larger part Of
the commercial area Of the city plot,
and its stores since rebuilding after the
fire as rule are the most comely as
we'll as substantial mercantile fabrics,
fronting the widest streets, in Honolulu.
Besides the multitude of retail traders
among the Chinese, contributing a
large proportion Of the business done
by Caucasian importing houses, there
are several large and wealthy Chinese
wholesale establishments said to have
the most solid connections at home.
Then there is the multitude OF large
and small easeholders OF agricultural
land among that nationality. These
facts indicate the Chinese to be one OF
the most important elements in the
country as contributors to the revenues
both by internal and Customs taxation.
According to one Of the prime mottos
of American freedom, "No taxation
without representation" then, the
Chinese have no small ground on
which to claim voice in the direction
Of affairs, seeing that other foreigners
coming here on similar arrangements
with themselves are accorded the full
exercise Of the electoral franchise.
There being, however, apparently in,
superable objections to their incorpo-
ration into the body polite as consti
tuted, how are they to have the rights
that are theirs individually on theoreti
cal grounds Of human equality The
only answer we are prepared to offer il
to be found in a suggestion thrown ou
editorially in this paper some time ago
in discussing the possibility OF formu
lating feasible scheme of municipa
incorporation for Honolulu. 1t was, il
brief, to make a grand division o
electoral constituencies by nationalitie
outside and above those by loca
bounds.
Taking into consideration circum
stances OF prior rights, population, tax
alton, etc, an international convention